From jeff salamon Sent Wed, Jan 21st 1998, 18:09
wells wrote:
>
> okay, there's this band called maximillian colby. i
> don't know if anyone on here has ever heard of
> them. anyway, they've got this one song with this
> sample of a guy saying "i had to like open the bruise
> and let some of the bruise blood come out." in the
> (sparse) linear notes they give credit in the song to
> "Steve Reich ('Come Out')". i'm just curious if anyone
> knows if this is the composer steve reich, and if so,
> what work it comes from.
>
yes, it's steve reich the composer, and it comes from his late-'60s (i
think) piece called "come out," which is usually paired with the
somewhat more famous, though procedurally similar, "it's gonna rain".
jeff